Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then found many other marked cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police say early analysis indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the incident left him stunned and required to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
